§ 36-7-4-612 — Zoning ordinance; effect of prior ordinances

Indiana § 36-7-4-612

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 4: Local Planning and Zoning

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(a) ADVISORY. Each zoning ordinance
and each amendment to it adopted under any prior statute are validated
and continued in effect until amended or repealed by action of the
legislative body taken under authority of the advisory planning law.
Each zoning ordinance has the same effect even though previously
adopted as a comprehensive plan of land use or as a part of such a
comprehensive plan.
(b) AREA. Each zoning ordinance that:
(1) was adopted by a county or a participating municipality; and
(2) is in effect at the time of the establishment of a planning
department under section 202 of this chapter;
remains in full force and shall be enforced by the planning department
under the area planning law until superseded by the zoning ordinance
adopted for the jurisdiction under section 606 of the area planning law.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
18-7-4-612; 18-7-4-55 part; 18-7-5-68.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by
P.L.335-1985, SEC.26; P.L.220-1986, SEC.22.